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Of All Fighters, Arum in Most Fighting Form at Presser
By Michael Woods, The Sweet Science, Thu, 30 Apr 2015
Anyone expecting fireworks before the big show, longing for those good old days when pre-fight brawls ensured a boxing match would get on SportsCenter, were disappointed at the Wednesday afternoon presser at the MGM, counting down to the Saturday clash of the fight titans, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Read Full Story >>>Now?s the time for Mayweather-Pacquiao
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Thu, 30 Apr 2015
Through the decades, Las Vegas has seen its share of big fights. But it?s been quite a while since a fight piqued the interest of people outside the sport of boxing like Saturday?s world welterweight unification title showdown between undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao.
The fight, Read Full Story >>> Salazar: The bout of the century is finally here
By Francisco Salazar, Valley Star, Thu, 30 Apr 2015
It is finally here.
The day boxing fans have been waiting for.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao will finally step inside a boxing ring and throw hands over 12 rounds Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Whether the fight should have happened five years ago or not, fans should be s Read Full Story >>> Mayweather And Pacquiao: The Safe Bet
By Jeff Pryor, The Queensberry Rules, Thu, 30 Apr 2015
Manny Pacquiao has been knocked cold, collapsing to the canvas on his face. He laid there motionless in front of millions. A monster defanged. An idol toppled.
It is from this dramatic evidence that we can predict the result on May 2.
Floyd Mayweather is a more skilled boxer. His defense rival Read Full Story >>> The 'Fight of the Century' is all about money for Floyd Mayweather Jr
By Chris McKenna, Express.co.uk, Thu, 30 Apr 2015
The pound-for-pound superstar takes on Manny Pacquiao in boxing's richest bout, dubbed the 'Fight of the Century' on Saturday in Las Vegas, and he constantly chatted about cash when he sat down with the media this week following his arrival at the MGM Grand.
Mayweather's expected pay-day for the Read Full Story >>> Column: Mayweather pretends domestic abuse never happened
By Associated Press, The State News, Thu, 30 Apr 2015
LAS VEGAS ?
The spokeswoman from FanDuel was having trouble answering the question. Not her fault, really, because others involved with Floyd Mayweather Jr. struggle with the same thing.
In the fantasy gaming website's case it was this: Why would any company attach its name ? literally in Fan Read Full Story >>> Mega-fight not good v evil - Mayweather
By Agence France Press, Bangkok Post, Thu, 30 Apr 2015
LAS VEGAS - Floyd Mayweather said Wednesday his long-awaited showdown with Manny Pacquiao isn't a battle of good and evil as the two rivals went eyeball-to-eyeball at their final pre-fight press conference.
"I am a realist," said Mayweather, the 38-year-old American who has parlayed a perfect 47- Read Full Story >>> Mayweather-Pacquiao: Freddie Roach has a plan for Manny Pacquiao to win Saturday
By Rick Maese, Washington Post, Thu, 30 Apr 2015
LAS VEGAS ? Every day for the past seven weeks, Freddie Roach would shoo reporters out of his gym. Bystanders, friends and other fighters were shown the door too. In a departure from previous training camps, the veteran boxing trainer didn?t want anyone watching Manny Pacquiao prepare in the ring.
Read Full Story >>> Money the big thing as Mayweather, Pacquiao ready for fight
By Associated Press, SacBee.com, Thu, 30 Apr 2015
LAS VEGAS ?
His middle name is Money, or at least it used to be before Floyd Mayweather Jr. stopped flashing $100,000 wads of cash every time he saw a camera.
That doesn't mean money is ever very far from his mind. Certainly not now, when he's the richest man in the richest fight ever.
May Read Full Story >>> May God have mercy on Floyd Mayweather, and may Manny Pacquiao have none
By Kevin Scarbinsky, AL.com, Thu, 30 Apr 2015
Go right ahead. Drop a hundred bucks to get the high-def feed of the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight.
It's your call. It's your cash. If you want to give some of it to "Money" Mayweather, who's already the richest athlete in the world, be my guest.
Before you do, though, you should read Read Full Story >>> On Floyd Mayweather and Domestic Violence: Why Your "Decency" is Futile
By Paul Magno, Boxing Buzz, Thu, 30 Apr 2015
Twice a year a handful of boxing scribes become soul-searching social workers in pursuit of the vile, misogynist Floyd ?Money? Mayweather. Some have even made somewhat of a cottage industry of stalking Mayweather during his two-times-a-year fight weeks.
But only during fight weeks.
Because, y Read Full Story >>> Mayweather vs Pacquiao referee: Expert trainer explains why Bayless is non-factor
By Joseph Herron , Fight Saga, Thu, 30 Apr 2015
Earlier today on ESPN?s popular sports talk show, ?Mike and Mike in the Morning?, longtime boxing analyst Brian Kenny heavily scrutinized the Nevada State Athletic Commission?s pronouncement of widely respected referee Kenny Bayless as the third man in the ring for the historic match-up on May 2, ?M Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather is far from perfect, except inside the ring
By Jason Keidel, CBS Sports, Thu, 30 Apr 2015
Texas Station sounds like a college football outpost, or a 19th Century army base, where we once prepared our troops to fight Santa Anna.
It doesn't sound like the womb of the greatest boxing career of the 21st Century.
But Texas Station casino is indeed where Floyd Mayweather Jr. had his firs Read Full Story >>> Murren: Sky won?t fall on MGM if online gambling banned
By Steve Tetreault, Las Vegas Review Journal, Thu, 30 Apr 2015
WASHINGTON ? The sky won?t fall on MGM Resorts International if a ban is reinstalled on legalized gambling over the Internet, Chairman and CEO James Murren said Wednesday.
Likewise, Murren said it might not be a disaster for Nevada to lose its virtual monopoly on legal sports wagering if it is ap Read Full Story >>> Ticket prices for Mayweather-Pacquiao weigh-in will stun you
Fox Sports, Thu, 30 Apr 2015
The absurd ticket prices for Saturday's Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight have been well documented.
Just as an example, MMA fighter Tito Ortiz dropped $257,410 on a pair of floor seats.
However, the actual fight between the two boxers isn't the only thing generating big money. People are Read Full Story >>> Low-key Mayweather thanks God for making fight possible
By Francis Ochoa, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Thu, 30 Apr 2015
LAS VEGAS? There was hardly any show of disrespect or flamboyance in Floyd Mayweather Jr. as he addressed the media during Wednesday?s press conference for his fight against Manny Pacquiao.
In fact, Mayweather took the Pacquiao route in his opening spiel.
?First of all, I wanna thank God,? May Read Full Story >>> Freddie Roach fears Floyd Mayweather will not show up for $300m mega-fight against Manny Pacquiao
By Jeff Powell, Daily Mail (UK), Thu, 30 Apr 2015
Freddie Roach ? Manny Pacquiao's seven-time Trainer of the Year ? suspects Floyd Mayweather may not show up for the Fight of the Century on Saturday.
That feeling has grown as the rancour between the two camps has continued this week with arguments about the gloves each fighter will wear, how the Read Full Story >>> PHOTOS: #MAYPAC FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 30 Apr 2015
April 29, 2015, Las Vegas,Nevada --- Superstar Manny Pacquiao(R) and and Floyd Mayweather(L) attend the final press conference Wednesday for their upcoming historic 12-round welterweight world championship unificatio Read Full Story >>> Secretly Pulling for Pacquiao, Boxing Community Thinks Mayweather Jr. Will Win
By Joseph Santoliquito, Sherdog.com, Thu, 30 Apr 2015
The old adage, ?There?s no cheering in the press box? or, in boxing?s case, ?press row,? does not always apply to the fight game. Oftentimes foreign press has been known to root for its fighters, blatantly standing and clapping for its countrymen during the course of a fight.
Openly, as the epic Read Full Story >>> Manny-Fist Destiny: Why, how Manny Pacquiao imperfectly defeats Floyd Mayweather
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Thu, 30 Apr 2015
For Manny Pacquiao, grizzled veteran and survivor of 64 pro fights since he was a pimpled-faced, 16 year old, the warmup bouts are over.
The defining moments of his glorious ring career are nice enough in retrospect--particularly his total destruction of Oscar De la Hoya and Ricky Hatton, his and Read Full Story >>>
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